ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,345,248, issued on July 1, was assigned to PSG Germany GmbH (Duisburg, Germany).

"Valve assemblies for a diaphragm pump" was invented by Charankumar Kodandaramaiah (Bangalore, India), Praveen Chandrashekaraiah (Bangalore, India), Simon Nettesheim (Krefeld, Germany) and Daniel Gisbertz (Bottrop, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a valve assembly for a diaphragm pump, the valve assembly having an inlet side and an outlet side. A first outlet channel (23) leads from an inlet opening (24) arranged on the inlet side to an outlet opening (25) arranged on the outlet side, and a second outlet channel (26) leads from ...